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In both the theoretical and empirical literature of finance the relative riskiness of two debt instruments identical in all respects save the likelihood of default on payments of principal and/or interest has generally been measured by the difference between the yields to maturity of the two...
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This paper provides an empirical test of the demand side of Thakor's (1982) theory of bond insurance signaling, namely …-08 financial crisis. We find empirical evidence consistent with the theory that the bond insurance premium provides a signal to the … that the insurance premium charged by municipal bond insurers provides a signal to the market that reduces asymmetric …
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